Aphra Behn

"Imagination is the first step toward creation."

"A woman of wit is never without an audience."

"The greatest love is the love that asks for no return."

"Peace comes from acceptance, not from denial."

"To inspire is the highest calling of the writer."

"The world needs more women who think and fewer who merely follow."

"A woman's tears are not weakness; they are proof of her humanity."

"The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of."

"To write is to assume responsibility for one's words."

"Freedom is the natural state of all creatures."

"Health of the mind is as important as health of the body."

"True success is living life on one's own terms."

"The greatest wisdom is knowing what you do not know."

"Love is the only force more powerful than death."

"A woman who speaks her mind is a woman who speaks for all."

"The fair sex is to blame for everything that goes wrong in the world."

"I would have those that love to be honest, for there is no greater sign of a brave mind than to speak the truth."

"Man, however great, is but dust and ashes."

"Love is the tyrant of the heart; it darkens reason, obscures discretion, and leaves a man no will but what it pleases."

"All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the feet of woman who first attempted the discovery of her own mind."

"Variety is the soul of pleasure."

"There is no greater curse for mankind than the want of courage."

"The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express."

"None are so capable of gratitude as those who have suffered."

"We are made all of frailties and imperfections."

"Time is the greatest of all things, for it brings all to light."

"A woman has the advantage of always being young in the eyes of men."

"The heart of a true lover is his mistress's paradise."

"Knowledge is a treasure which follows its possessor everywhere."

"Constancy has such a charm that it often conquers where inconstancy would fail."